This was left as a comment on my business blog on the article Can You Make Money With Mary Kay: As a Mary Kay consultant of a year, I would have to say I completely agree with this article! After Read more…
It’s been a long time since we’ve looked at star consultant prizes and exactly what you’re getting for your money. Mary Kay rewards ordering with prizes. Those in the MK cult will tell you that this is just the “extra” Read more…
Written by CoralRose I wanted to share an email that was sent to me by my former director at the end of June (the end of the seminar year). It’s been over a year since I ordered MK so I’m Read more…
About 10 years ago, Jon Taylor, PhD (a well-known researcher on MLM schemes) wrote a piece about MLM products and their quality and pricing. While the pricing may have changed a bit, the overall conclusions are still valid. I hope Read more…
Everything in Mary Kay is centered around a contest. There is so little profit (usually none!) to be made, that you have to get consultants ordering products somehow. Who is going to keep selling products at no profit? But if Read more…
I always complain about how Mary Kay rewards ordering over selling… paying commissions and giving prizes based on wholesale orders by consultants. They don’t give a darn if anyone ever sells those products, so long as MK has their money Read more…
Written by BestDecision What is Mary Kay Inc thinking?! Right now, Consultants everywhere are buying stock of the new 3D Miracle Set. There’s 2 glaring issues I see as a hindrance to this being a big seller for these same Read more…
An article from late last year provides some interesting insight into how multi-level marketing companies (and their recruiters) are exploiting the “gig economy” to recruit new victims. It’s entitled “MLMs Take the Worst Parts of the Gig Economy, Then Make Read more…
Almost everyone loses money in multi-level marketing. Sure, you hear people say “I know several people who have made a lot of money in MLM.” This is nonsense for three reasons: 1. People rarely see proof for this “making a Read more…
Time and again we hear about the executive incomes made in Mary Kay. You can work part-time hours and get full-time pay! Make what you’re worth. Earn as little or as much as you choose to. The position of sales Read more…
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When the My Shop was first introduced the company said it was going to be a great asset, making it…
"The public consumer will never surpass the 'sales' generated by consultants and directors." Not at current prices anyway. Once they…
but...but MK has no middlemen. At least according to their recruiting flyers... Except the reality is it's just a pyramid…
Really they need to wake up and see what we all see - the writing on the wall. Get your…
I think Ryan is hoping for "hmm numbers are down time to sell to another company/investor and fly off to…